diff --git a/core/prelude-core.el b/core/prelude-core.el
index 5832930..525c876 100644
--- a/core/prelude-core.el
+++ b/core/prelude-core.el
@@ -550,10 +550,12 @@ This follows freedesktop standards, should work in X servers."
                              '(2 "_NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN" 0))
     (error "Only X server is supported")))
 
-(defun prelude-find-user-init-file ()
-  "Edit the `user-init-file', in another window."
-  (interactive)
-  (find-file-other-window user-init-file))
+(defun prelude-find-user-init-file (&optional arg)
+  "Edit the `prelude-user-init-file', in another window.
+With a prefix argument ARG, find the `user-init-file' instead."
+  (interactive "P")
+  (if arg (find-file-other-window user-init-file)
+    (find-file-other-window prelude-user-init-file)))
 
 (defun prelude-find-shell-init-file ()
   "Edit the shell init file in another window."
diff --git a/core/prelude-custom.el b/core/prelude-custom.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5cd193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/prelude-custom.el
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+;;; prelude-custom.el --- Emacs Prelude: Prelude's customizable variables.
+;;
+;; Copyright © 2011-2013 Bozhidar Batsov
+;;
+;; Author: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.com>
+;; URL: https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude
+;; Version: 1.0.0
+;; Keywords: convenience
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Refinements of the core editing experience in Emacs.
+
+;;; License:
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+;; as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
+;; of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; customize
+(defgroup prelude nil
+  "Emacs Prelude configuration."
+  :prefix "prelude-"
+  :group 'convenience)
+
+(defcustom prelude-auto-save t
+  "Non-nil values enable Prelude's auto save."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'prelude)
+
+(defcustom prelude-guru t
+  "Non-nil values enable `guru-mode'."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'prelude)
+
+(defcustom prelude-whitespace t
+  "Non-nil values enable Prelude's whitespace visualization."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'prelude)
+
+(defcustom prelude-clean-whitespace-on-save t
+  "Cleanup whitespace from file before it's saved.
+Will only occur if `prelude-whitespace' is also enabled."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'prelude)
+
+(defcustom prelude-flyspell t
+  "Non-nil values enable Prelude's flyspell support."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'prelude)
+
+(defcustom prelude-user-init-file (expand-file-name "personal/"
+                                                    user-emacs-directory)
+  "Path to your personal customization file.
+Prelude recommends you only put personal customizations in the
+personal folder.  This variable allows you to specify a specific
+folder as the one that should be visited when running
+`prelude-find-user-init-file'.  This can be easily set to the desired buffer
+in lisp by putting `(setq prelude-user-init-file buffer-file-name)'
+in the desired elisp file."
+  :type 'string
+  :group 'prelude)
+
+(provide 'prelude-custom)
+
+;;; prelude-custom.el ends here
diff --git a/core/prelude-editor.el b/core/prelude-editor.el
index 9a31dd7..276a544 100644
--- a/core/prelude-editor.el
+++ b/core/prelude-editor.el
@@ -32,38 +32,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-;; customize
-(defgroup prelude nil
-  "Emacs Prelude configuration."
-  :prefix "prelude-"
-  :group 'convenience)
-
-(defcustom prelude-auto-save t
-  "Non-nil values enable Prelude's auto save."
-  :type 'boolean
-  :group 'prelude)
-
-(defcustom prelude-guru t
-  "Non-nil values enable guru-mode."
-  :type 'boolean
-  :group 'prelude)
-
-(defcustom prelude-whitespace t
-  "Non-nil values enable Prelude's whitespace visualization."
-  :type 'boolean
-  :group 'prelude)
-
-(defcustom prelude-clean-whitespace-on-save t
-  "Cleanup whitespace from file before it's saved.
-Will only occur if prelude-whitespace is also enabled."
-  :type 'boolean
-  :group 'prelude)
-
-(defcustom prelude-flyspell t
-  "Non-nil values enable Prelude's flyspell support."
-  :type 'boolean
-  :group 'prelude)
-
 ;; Death to the tabs!  However, tabs historically indent to the next
 ;; 8-character offset; specifying anything else will cause *mass*
 ;; confusion, as it will change the appearance of every existing file.
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 4482efa..beea1cd 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ by Prelude.")
 ;; the core stuff
 (require 'prelude-packages)
 (require 'prelude-ui)
+(require 'prelude-custom)  ;; Needs to be loaded before core and editor
 (require 'prelude-core)
 (require 'prelude-mode)
 (require 'prelude-editor)